Tough Week In Connecticut!

This is probably the hardest blogpost I have ever written.  I write it with a heavy heart.  As most of you know, a little place in Newtown, Connecticut called Sandy Hook Elementary School was wrecked last Friday with a senseless act of violence.  There has not been a day that has gone by since where I have not cried or cried with someone.  I want to take some time in this blog post to reach out for all those who  know anyone or have been personally affected by this tragedy.  I send tons of Love, Hugs and Prayers to you.  I can’t imagine what you are going through.

This tragic day hit me hard when I got a call from my 24 year old daughter who lives in Newtown.  She was at work when she called me very upset and said the school down the road from where she lives had a shooting.  This was the school that she had tried to get her son Tyler into Kindergarten but there was age restrictions and he did not make the cutoff.   We are so very thankful he was not there for this horrible day!   I am thankful that I have a grandson still alive.  Many Grandma’s and Grandpa’s can’t say that today, they are grieving beyond anything that I could ever imagine.  Love, Hugs and Prayers to them!

As a mother of 3 sons and 1 daughter there is this huge lump in my throat and sadness and tears for these families that lost their children.  Again I can even begin to imagine something so sad and hard to even comprehend what they are going through.  My prayers go out to each of these families!  Love, Hugs and Prayers to you all.

Living with in a 1/2 hour on a good day, 45 min. on a bad day traveling time to Newtown, the pain is everywhere.  One of my sons goes to a private school in Trumbull and there is a sign at the firehouse paying tribute to the victims.  Some of the area churches in Trumbull have tributes written on their changeable signs.  People I bump into all seem to have a story or some pain surrounding December 14th.  The bottom line is most of us are hurting so much because of this horrid day.   Love, Hugs and Prayers to all of us.

Today at my church we had a women’s prayer service to pray for each family by name.  We prayed for each parent and each brother and sister.  We lit 26 candles for these 20 children and 6 adults that were taken a way from their loved ones on December 14th.   Tears for shed, my eyes are red from crying.  Love, Hugs and Prayers to those that are attending services this week.

There is this song that I was humming all day Monday it’s  called  ”Grown-up Christmas List” sung by Amy Grant.  The chorus goes something like this!

“No more lives torn apart
That wars would never start
And time would heal all hearts
Every man would have a friend
That right would always win
And love would never end

This is my grown-up Christmas list”

On Tuesday I went to my sons high school Candlelight program.  This was one of the songs chosen.  How fitting because this is my Christmas list this year and for years to come.
Every line in this chorus I mean from the bottom of my heart.  You see I really do pray that lives would stop being torn apart by such senseless acts.  The big line here is “And time would heal all hearts”,  oh I so pray for healing hearts in Newtown.  My next favorite line is, “And love would never end”.   I want to end this brief post on “Love”.  I’m hoping in light of the tragic events that unfolded on  Friday, December 14th that we would remember to love one another!  That we would remember that every person out there is an important human being that need to be loved and listened to and hugged.  Take time this Christmas season to do that!  Love, Hugs and Prayer to the Newtown Community!  God Bless!